Yeah. That’ll do it.Today’s cert-denial finishes “SAS I” and almost certainly finishes the other Structured Asset Sales case you might have seen mentioned in today’s reporting — the stayed numerosity-geared “SAS II.” Ed Sheeran has been defending against “Let’s Get It On” claims for years and years, and now the whole shebang ends instantly and ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
Or maybe it’s my problem. After the judge in Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” infringement case not only dismissed Vince Vance’s copyright infringement claim at the summary judgment stage, but the ruling also laid the foundation for possibly awarding nearly $200,000 in legal fees that I’m guessing the plaintiff was not ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
Delighted to be on with the BBC to discuss, fortunately, not one of the more nuanced cases out there. And especially pleased and grateful to the host and producers for not letting me sound silly after what had gone something like: 8:30am: RING. “Hi. It’s BBC News. Can you jump on in 45 minutes to ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
One for the lawyers. Something good should come from this. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the ruling (one of a couple of em) that Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” does not infringe on Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On. The plaintiff here was neither Marvin Gaye’s estate, nor co-writer Robert ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
This could get interesting. In fact, I think it might be the first of its kind. Give me a little rope. In a recently filed lawsuit, the estate of Barry White claims that “Everlasting Bass,” released in 1986, infringes Barry White’s 1973 song “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby.” Awwww yeeah, Baby. ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
This one will be fun—huge records by huge stars. “Flowers” and “When I Was Your Man” were both number-one hits and Grammy winners. “Flowers” was Record of the Year! Two super well-known songs, and nobody is completely shocked at this filing. (Which, by the way, is not Bruno Mars but Tempo Music Investments, LLC, which ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
(Getting a lot of use lately out of this artificial intelligence-generated “Scale of Music Copyright Justice” image we prompted, aren’t we?) After nearly four years, Trump finally lost the Eddy Grant “Electric Avenue” case, as we said he would. That case now moves to its damages phase. And we might take a somewhat wild guess ...| Forensic Musicologist Services
On April 4, 2024, Tuff City Records sued Universal Music Group over an alleged infringement that dates back to 1992, when Mary J. Blige, just twenty-one years old, released her first top-ten hit, “Real Love.” The complaint, filed in New York, claims “Real Love” infringes on a well-sampled record from 1973, the Honey Drippers (not ...| Music Copyright Expert Witness & Forensic Musicologist
Anyone can hear that it’s wrong. But you might be surprised at why and how it’s wrong. Everyone hates these commercials, but nobody can ignore them, so props to the creators of the Burger King jingle; the “earworm that’s taken over America.” Ask almost anyone why it’s so “bad” and they’ll say, “It’s because the ...| Forensic Musicologist Services